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Series 3: To be a Human (Resource) or not?

Are you at the crossroads in your career or education wondering whether to consider Human Resources (commonly referred to as HR) as your first or next career? Have you wondered what working in or studying HR would be like in this and next generation?

In this three part series, you will find out about:

what HR courses commonly don’t offer;

what is exciting about HR as a career now and in future;

why HR is really only about PEOPLE but technology and process play a very exciting role in this career.

Series 3: (Why) HR is really only about PEOPLE but technology and process play a very exciting role in this career.

To answer this question for you, I started with asking myself “Why I Love HR and or HR Technology and processes?” and then I asked all my colleagues (over 200 people) working in the same or related industry the same question. After all, it is what this article is all about so why just take my word for it!

The resounding answer was love for people and to see people grow. Need I say more?

But if you still need any further motivation to consider working in this industry the other reasons stated are cited below. The theme across all of them is people!

helping people and related technology;

harnessing human capital;

interacting with different (kinds of) people;

fascinated by motivation, engagement, and development of people;

learning new things;

love for technology;

disrupting the industry and providing a ROI (return on investment) to business owners, CEOs and managers;

having so much fun & getting a huge kick from all nice feedback from people about how they benefit from (our) technology;

bridging the gap between people, performance and organisational goal;

showing how better leadership and treating people well produces improved performance;

improving workplaces, seeing people grow and feel more confident at work;

helping people be their best and HR technology helps connecting them, solving problems, making things easier;

If you want to know more about what HR careers in Australia are on offer, it is really easy, just check out Jobs in HR. If you have any questions or comments about this article, please do get in touch with hrtechgirl@gmail.com or tweet to hrtechgirl. For more insights into HR Technology, check out Juhi King’s blog www.hrtechgirl.com.

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2 thoughts on “Series 3: To be a Human (Resource) or not?”

Reblogged this on the Graeme White: the Graeme Writes and commented:
Previously, I have written about what it means to be a HRIS consultant. This series by hrtechgirl expands on this and explains why I love the HR world